SOAL SOAL TENSES

1. We allowed the children to watch their favourite program yesterday,only after they ____ doing their school assigments.
a. were finishing
b. have finished
c. finish
d. would finish
e. had finished

2. He is still ill but he ___ better now.
a. gets
b. is to get
c. is getting
d.will get
e. has been getting

3. The economic situation is already good and it ___ better.
a. is to become
b. becomes
c. became
d. is becoming
e. has been becoming

4. "Excuse me,I ____ for a phone box. Is there one near here ?"
a. look
b. am looking
c. will look
d. want to look
e. am to look

5. Ron is in America at the moment. He ___ at Hilton London.
a. will stay
b. is staying
c. stays
d. is to stay
e. has stayed

6. My parents live in beautiful city. They were born here and _____ anywhere else.
a. don't live
b. are not living
c. heve never lived
d. will lived
e. can live

7."I'm worried about my examination next week."
    "Don't worry,Sam.You ____ "
a. are to pass
b. can pass
c. will pass
d. pass
e.must pass

8. All these years,Ira's family ____ in poverty.
a. lived
b. has been living
c. had lived
d. was living
e. lives

9. Diane can't come to the phone because she ___ her hair.
a. is to wash
b. washed
c. was washing
d. is washing
e. will wash

10. Ann ____ for the bus for more than 40 minutes before finally it began to rain.
a. has waited
b. has been waited
c. waited
d. had been waiting
e. was waiting

JAWABAN
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. D